From: DR
[Attention Bay Area bibliophiles and Titanic disaster buffs. IB]
Lost on the Titanic
The Making of the Great Omar
A newly minted lecture
by
Dominic Riley
SF Center for the Book
300 De Haro Street (at 16th)
San Francisco
Thursday July 8th, 6:00-8:00 pm
Free
The Great Omar was the most elaborate binding ever created for a book. It was embellished with over one thousand jewels, five thousand leather onlays and a hundred square feet of gold leaf, and took a team of craftsmen over two and a half years to make. It went down with the Titanic. This lecture tells the story of the making of the fabulous Great Omar. It is also the story of the renowned bookbinding firm of Sangorski and Sutcliffe - who were known for their elaborate jewelled bindings - and the men that made this extraordinary book. It also tells the moving story of life after the tragedy, and of one young man in particular, who decided against the odds to recreate the binding, a venture which itself is mired in tragedy and which occupied him for the rest of his life.
Please join Dominic and friends for an evening of bookbinding, opulence and history. Light refreshments will be provided.
